''Cassine'' is a genus of trees, of the plant family
Celastraceae
The Celastraceae (staff-vine or bittersweet) are a family of 98 genera and 1,350 species of herbs, vines, shrubs and small trees, belonging to the order Celastrales. The great majority of the genera are tropical, with only ''Celastrus'' (the staf ...
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Description
''Cassine'' species grow as shrubs or small trees. The flowers are bisexual. The fruits have a pit (stone).[
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Distribution and habitat
''Cassine'' species are distributed widely throughout the tropics, mainly in Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...
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Species
''The Plant List
The Plant List was a list of botanical names of species of plants created by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden and launched in 2010. It was intended to be a comprehensive record of all known names of plant specie ...
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In biology, a taxon (back-formation from ''taxonomy''; : taxa) is a group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit. Although neither is required, a taxon is usually known by a particular name and ...
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* '' Cassine aethiopica''
* '' Cassine albens''
* '' Cassine albivenosa''
* '' Cassine anjouanensis''
* '' Cassine aquifolium''
* '']Cassine australis
''Elaeodendron australe'', commonly known as red olive-berry, red-fruited olive plum, or blush boxwood, is a species of flowering plant in the family Celastraceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub or small tree with egg-shaped t ...
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** var. ''angustifolia''
* '' Cassine balae''
* '' Cassine brachycremastra''
* '' Cassine buchananii''
* '' Cassine bupleuroides''
* '' Cassine burkeana''
* '' Cassine comorensis''
* '' Cassine confertiflora''
* '' Cassine congylos''
* '' Cassine crocea''
* '' Cassine cubensis''
* '' Cassine cunninghamii''
* '' Cassine curtipendula''
* '' Cassine ehrenbergii''
* '' Cassine elliptica''
* '' Cassine eucleiformis''
* '' Cassine glauca''
* '' Cassine grossa''
* '' Cassine gymnosporiodes''
* '' Cassine humbertii''
* '' Cassine kamerunensis''
* '' Cassine kamurensis''
* '' Cassine kedarnathii''
* '' Cassine koordersii''
* '' Cassine lanceolata''
* '' Cassine laneana''
* '' Cassine lippoldii''
* '' Cassine lyciodes''
* '' Cassine macrocarpa''
* '' Cassine maritima''
* '' Cassine matabelica''
* '' Cassine megaphylla''
* '' Cassine melanocarpa''
* '' Cassine micrantha''
* ''Cassine nipensis Cassine may refer to:
* Cassine, Piedmont, town and commune of the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont
* Cassine (plant), genus of trees, of the plant family Celastraceae
See also
* Casine (disambiguation)
* Cassino (disamb ...
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* '' Cassine nitidula''
* '' Cassine obiensis''
* '' Cassine oligantha''
* '' Cassine orientalis''
* '' Cassine paniculata''
* '' Cassine papillosa''
* '' Cassine parvifolia''
* '' Cassine pauciflora''
* ''Cassine peragua
''Cassine peragua'', also known as Cape saffron, bastard saffron and forest spoonwood, is a medium-sized tree with fragrant flowers, decorative fruits and a saffron-coloured trunk. It is indigenous to the Afromontane, Afro-montane forests of Sout ...
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** subsp. ''affinis''
** subsp. ''barbata''
* '' Cassine pilosa''
* '' Cassine pininsularis''
** subsp. ''poyaensis''
* '' Cassine quadrangulata''
* '' Cassine reticulata''
* '' Cassine schinoides''
* '' Cassine schlechteriana''
* '' Cassine schweinfurthiana''
* '' Cassine tetragona''
* '' Cassine trachyclada''
* '' Cassine transvaalensis''
* '' Cassine trinitensis''
* '' Cassine vacciniodes''
* '' Cassine viburnifolia''
* '' Cassine vitiensis''
* '' Cassine xylocarpa''
References
Celastrales genera
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